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Fred's First Date

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Fred has invited you out for a day on the town. You wonder what the curious Mind Flayer has in store.

Requires access to adventure pack: Slice of Life
Fred's First Date
Heroic level: 18
Epic level: 34
(considered Legendary)
Duration: Medium
Heroic XP:  ♣2,587Solo/Casual ♦4,474Normal ♥4,636Hard ♠4,798Elite
Epic XP:  ♣11,805Solo/Casual ♦20,138Normal ♥20,599Hard ♠21,061Elite
Takes place in: Fred's First Date
Bestowed by: Fred
NPC contact: Fred
Quest acquired in: Morgrave University - Upper Commons
Patron: Morgrave University
Base favor: 6
Purchase: Slice of Life or VIP
Extreme Challenge: No
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Overview

To your surprise, you've run into your old friend Fred playing tourist in Sharn. To your even greater surprise, the Mind Flayer asked you out on a date. Fred wants to learn more about Humanoid customs, so join him on Fred's First Date.


Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!


Objectives

  • Talk to Fred
  • Go to Sharn Forest Park
  • Talk to Fred
  • Follow Fred
  • Have a conversation with your Fred
  • Craft a snack for Fred and bring it to him
  • Find Fred Flowers (2)
  • Craft a bouquet for Fred
  • Give the bouquet to Fred
  • Go to the Upper City Faire
  • Talk to Fred at the carnival entrance
  • Talk to the ticket vendor
  • Complete the Carnival Challenge (3)
  • Play carnival games with Fred (3)
  • Pet all the petting zoo animals (9)
  • Talk to Fred at the carnival exit
  • Go to Middle City
  • Meet up with Fred in the Middle City
  • Enter the Restaurant
  • Have dinner with your Fred
  • Leave the Restaurant
  • Defeat the adventurers (4)
  • Talk to Jaime
  • Talk to Fred
  • (Optional) Win the Strength Crystal Game — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣259 ♦447 ♥464 ♠480 ) Legendary( ♣1,181 ♦2,014 ♥2,060 ♠2,106 )
  • (Optional) Have a bad date with Fred — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣259 ♦447 ♥464 ♠480 ) Legendary( ♣1,181 ♦2,014 ♥2,060 ♠2,106 )
  • (Optional) Have a nice date with Fred — Bonus (20%): Heroic( ♣517 ♦895 ♥927 ♠960 ) Legendary( ♣2,361 ♦4,028 ♥4,120 ♠4,212 )

Tips and Misc

  • Your old acquaintance/partner in (metaphorical) crime/partner in (actual) crime/tentative friend Fred has invited you out on a date, apparently for research purposes. He's planned a visit to three landmarks across the city of Sharn.
  • First on the itinerary: a picnic in a Sharn park. After a couple of altercations where Fred alternates between speaking like a Regency romance novel and an obnoxiously lovey-dovey teenager, you are asked to craft first a brain-and-cheese sandwich, then a bouquet.
    • It's not indicated anywhere yet, but your choices here will determine whether Fred considers this a "bad" or "nice" date later, so make sure to play along with Fred's acting if you're after maximum XP here.
    • If there are multiple non-hireling members in the party, multiple Freds will spawn here and in the restaurant. Somebody needs to talk to each of them, although there's no requirement for this to be a different person each time. To get the optional, the majority of people need to use the "nice" date options.
  • The flowers for Fred's bouquet are being guarded by some Blights, Water Elementals, a Shambling Mound and a Kelpie. These are actually the only monsters in the quest you're allowed to outright kill, so if you're after XP bonuses for kills, make sure to stay here and farm some respawning Blights.
  • Fred's next destination is a carnival in Upper Sharn, featuring such entertaining diversions as a game of Whack-a-Kobold, a test-your-strength game with a Cannith Crystal, a petting zoo and three obligatory fights with a bunch of carnival staff and a Fire Giant strongman. Make sure Fred is following you around for all of this – don't worry, he's a non-combat NPC, so he won't get in the way.
    • You're required to pet every animal in the zoo before moving on. Handily, each animal stops being selectable after being petted once.
    • You're allowed as many tries at Whack-a-Kobold as you like, and you have to succeed in order to progress. You don't have to use melee attacks on the kobold, you can use AOE's or ranged attacks. Success rewards XP and a chest.
    • You must attempt the Test-Your-Strength game in order to progress, but you don't have to succeed. Success rewards XP and a chest. (Legendary DC ~80 (76:Fail; 84:Success))
    • It appears that a critical hit on the strength crystal counts as a success. A character with 29 Strength succeeded on Legendary difficulty by rolling a 19 on the attack, which the in-game dice showed as a critical hit.
    • You're allowed as many tries at the Test-Your-Strength and Whack-a-Kobold games as you like. You have to pass the latter at least once to progress, but the Test-Your-Strength game is optional, although it will award XP and a chest if you succeed.
    • Middle City entrance is after the Fire Giant and near a chest.
  • Finally, Fred invites you to a restaurant in the middle city. After a discussion on how your date went, you emerge into an alleyway, only to be jumped by a group of adventurers!
  • After a bit of a scuffle, Jaime, the leader of the adventurers agrees to speak with you, at which point both you and Fred learn that they are under the mistaken impression that Fred is dating them. Fred, in his usual oblivious way, hadn't actually informed Jaime that his apparent romantic overtures were for research purposes, and eventually agrees to try putting his research into practice. Your own Baldur's Gate-style romance arc will apparently have to wait, but at least you get a chest for your trouble.

Bonus XP

  • Aggression bonus: 17 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣259 ♦447 ♥464 ♠480 )
  • Onslaught bonus: 34 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣388 ♦671 ♥695 ♠720 )
  • Mischief bonus: 39 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣207 ♦358 ♥371 ♠384 )
  • Vandal bonus: 51 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣259 ♦447 ♥464 ♠480 )
  • Ransack bonus: 62 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣388 ♦671 ♥695 ♠720 )
Notes: Note that many of the monsters in this quest do not count for the kill bonus, as they can only be pacified.

Loot

  • Chests: 5
  • at the Kobold Carnival game
  • at the Cannith Crystal Strength game
  • locked between the shrines at the Upper City Faire
  • behind the City Faire Strongman
  • end chest
  • Collectables: 5
    • Fungus — next to shrines in Sharn Forest ParkSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale Creeper
    • Adventurer's Pack — in moat around kelpie's mound of grassAmber VialVial of Pure WaterVial of ContagionString of Prayer BeadsSmall Wooden IdolIcon of KhyberPage Torn from a Research NotebookKhyber Prayer PamphletTome: Prophecies of KhyberSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale Creeper
    • Adventurer's Pack — behind the petting zooAmber VialVial of Pure WaterVial of ContagionString of Prayer BeadsSmall Wooden IdolIcon of KhyberPage Torn from a Research NotebookKhyber Prayer PamphletTome: Prophecies of KhyberSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale Creeper
    • Cabinet — in the left corridor in the Middle CityAmber VialVial of Pure WaterVial of ContagionPage Torn from a Research NotebookKhyber Prayer PamphletTome: Prophecies of Khyber
    • Mold — in the Restaurant's middle toiletSweet WhitecapDeadly FeverblanchPale Creeper

NPC end rewards

Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.

Named Chest Drop

Last Edited Item Type Enhancements ML Bind Quests
Charm Bracelet
(edit)
Bracers 18 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Fred's First Date, End chest
Date Night Bouquet
(edit)
Club 18 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Fred's First Date, end chest
Fancy Flayer's Cape
(edit)
Cloak 18 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Fred's First Date, end chest
Fancy Flayer's Date Night Duds
(edit)
Clothing 18 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Fred's First Date, End chest
Fancy Flayer's Headpiece
(edit)
Helmet 18 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Fred's First Date, end chest
Legendary Charm Bracelet
(edit)
Bracers 32 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Fred's First Date, end chest
Legendary Date Night Bouquet
(edit)
Club 32 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Fred's First Date, end chest
Legendary Fancy Flayer's Cape
(edit)
Cloak 32 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Fred's First Date, end chest
Legendary Fancy Flayer's Date Night Duds
(edit)
Clothing 32 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Fred's First Date, end chest
Legendary Fancy Flayer's Headpiece
(edit)
Helmet 32 Bound to Account on AcquireBound to Account on Acquire: This item is Bound to Account on Acquire Fred's First Date, end chest

Based on Fred's First Date loot ( t • e • h )

Monsters

Name ( picture ) CR Type Race
Carnival Challenger( view
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 ♦20Normal ♥22Hard ♠25Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠45Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Casting Carnie( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥20Hard ♠23Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Humanoid Human
City Faire Strongman( view
 • edit )
 ♦21Normal ♥23Hard ♠25Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Giant Giant
Combat Carnie( view
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 ♦18Normal ♥20Hard ♠23Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Humanoid Human
Dancing Kobold( view
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥22Hard ♠28Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Reptilian Kobold
Forest Kelpie( view
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 ♦23Normal ♥25Hard ♠27Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Plant Kelpie
Forest Needle Blight( view
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥20Hard ♠23Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Plant Needle Blight
Forest Shambling Mound( view
 • edit )
 ♦23Normal ♥25Hard ♠27Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Plant Shambling Mound
Forest Twig Blight( view
 • edit )
 ♦18Normal ♥20Hard ♠23Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Plant Twig Blight
Forest Water Elemental( view
 • edit )
 ♦6Normal ♥8Hard ♠11Elite ♦34Epic Normal ♥38Epic Hard ♠43Epic Elite Elemental Water Elemental
Hammerbane( view
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 ♦20Normal ♥22Hard ♠25Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠45Epic Elite Dwarf Dwarf
Jaime( view
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 ♦21Normal ♥24Hard ♠27Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Living Construct Warforged
Shadow-blade( view
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 ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠45Epic Elite Halfling Halfling
Strength Crystal( view
 • edit )
 ♦21Normal ♥25Hard ♠31Elite ♦37Epic Normal ♥41Epic Hard ♠46Epic Elite Construct Inanimate Object
Tuddle( view
 • edit )
 ♦20Normal ♥24Hard ♠30Elite ♦36Epic Normal ♥40Epic Hard ♠45Epic Elite Gnome Gnome